Foot for pitchers



(No Model.)

W. McAUSLAND. FOOT FOR PITGHERS, 8w.

Patented Oct. 27, 1896.

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PATENT FFICE IVILLIAM MOAUSLAND, OF TAUNTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

FOOT. FOR PITCHERS, 84.0.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 570,325, dated October27 1896.

Application filed May 2, 1896, Serial No. 590,048. (No model.)

To ctZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, WILLIAM MoAUsLAND, of Taunton, in the county ofBristol and State of Massachusetts, have invented a new and usefulImprovement-in Feet for Pitchers, the. of which the following is aspecification.

My invention relates to means for support ing pitchers, tea and coffeepots, and other similar articles of table-service upon trays or otherbasic support without scratching the latter. When an ordinaryice-pitcher is sup ported upon a silver tray, it is well known that thelatter soon becomes scratched and disfigured by the movement of thepitcher thereon. It has been proposed to overcome this difficulty bymaking the bearing edges of the vessel in the nature of rubber pads.This, while furnishing an elastic cushion, is objectionable for thereason that rubber discolors and blackens silver and sticks to it whenleft for any considerable time by reason of the sulfur used invulcanizing it, so that its effect on the subjacent tray is even worsethan the metal.

My invention consists of a special construction of foot and material forcushioning it, whereby these objections are avoided and the objects ofmy invention perfectly accomplished and to this end it consists of ametal foot of. a globular form, made hollow and having its lower sideopen, the walls having an increasing thinness downwardly to a marginalknife-edge, combined with a pad or cushion of fine homogeneous cork,which has a spherical lower surface projecting slightly below theglobular metal case of the foot, but not far enough to be noticed, whichpad is rendered very compact and dense by its manner of attaching it toits metal case, which consists in chambering the foot by casting orboring and preparing a pad somewhat larger than the opening to befinally left in the foot, and, after inserting it in its seat, thencontracting the edges of the chamber by spinning or swaging the metal soas to compact the cork pad and render it more dense and durable, andalso to pinch and securely hold it in its seat, where it projects orbulges out slightly below the globular case just far enough to producethe cushioning effect with out presenting any unsightly appearance andwithout scratching, marking, or marring the tray in any way, formingalso a noiseless and enduring support.

Figure 1 is a side view of a pitcher equipped with my invention. Fig. 2is an enlarged side view of one of the feet of the same. Fig. 3 is anunderneath plan of the foot, and Fig. 4 is a vertical section of thesame.

In the drawings, A represents the foot of the pitcher, which is made ofmetal cast in any suitable mold and conforming to the lower edge of thebody of the vessel. This foot is of globular form, and has a chamber oropening in it, formed either by casting or boring, which opens throughthe bottom of the foot. In the chamber is inserted a block B, of finehomogeneous cork free from cavities. This block is rounded on its lowerside, where it projects below the metal of the foot just far enough tobe tangential to the subj acent tray without being noticeable. In thisposition it is retained by contracting the edges of the chambered partof the foot, and as this foot is globular it will be seen that the metalat the edge of the opening is tapered to a thin edge, which is easilycurled in by spinning or swaging to hold the cork pad, which latter bythe contraction is not only securely held in place, but is rendered bythis constriction of its seat more compact and dense and durable. Thiscork pad does not scratch or disfigure the tray, does not discolor orstick to, and is, moreover, perfectly noiseless and durable.

I make no broad claim to a cushioned base for an ice-pitcher, as this isnot new, and I am aware also that rubber pads have been applied tochair-legs and to various articles of furniture, but none of them embodymy special construction and none of them are suitable for the use towhich mine are applied.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

A foot for a pitcher or like article made of cast metal of globularexternal shape with a central chamber opening through its bottom and itslower edges tapered with an increasing thinness downwardly to a marginalknifeedge which may be easily spun or swaged cork substantiallyas andfor the purpose deinwardly, in combination with L block of scribed.

cork fixed in said chamber and having a spherical projection below themetal of the TILLIAM MCAUSLAND' foot, the lower knife-edge of the footbeing Vitnesses:

turned into and embedded in the cork to L. A. HODGES,

conceal the joint and compress and hold the F. L. FISH.

